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Think big. The latest and greatest in DDoS is botnets of compromised IoT devices (as of a few months ago, I don't keep current). The nightmare scenario, still t
by emiliobumachar 9y ago
Think big. The latest and greatest in DDoS is botnets of compromised IoT devices (as of a few months ago, I don't keep current).
The nightmare scenario, still theoretical, is to synchronize the activation and deactivation of power-hungry processes to wreck the electric grid.
- andrewflnr 9y agoI'm pretty sure that's going the long way round to wreck the power grid, if it works at all. DOSing critical infrastructure is pretty scary in general, though.
- supergeek133 9y agoYes, by a number of cheap devices with default passwords/firmware holes. Multiple manufacturers, same (or same few) ODMs. The same bad practices repeated over and over.
- emiliobumachar 9y agoI agree that it's unfair to tar the whole field with the blunders of the worst performers. But your comment I was replying to seemed to ask, "what's the worst that can happen?". It's a valid question for physical access attacks, but, once scalable remote exploits get into the picture, the worst that can happen is very bad indeed.